"What is mahjong, anyway?" Naraku was always hearing unfamiliar words from Xu Zhiqiu's mouth. They probably only existed in the era she came from.
"It's a really fun game. All right, you wouldn't understand even if I explained. Once you give birth to the children, I'll make a set and teach you all to play."
"Oh." Naraku tightened his arms around the woman in his embrace. He could tell that Xu Zhiqiu was eagerly looking forward to having children who carried both their bloodlines.
After they came out of the dungeon.
Kanna and Kagura stood at the entrance, watching the two of them emerge.
Under the sisters' gazes, Xu Zhiqiu somehow felt as though she had successfully climbed the ranks and become their stepmother. Realizing what she was thinking, she shook her head. What am I thinking? Coming back to her senses, she gave them a faint smile.
Seeing Xu Zhiqiu smile again, Kagura took in the clingy couple and glimpsed the marks showing on Xu Zhiqiu's neck. Naraku seemed to have put up another Barrier in his room last night. She had a suspicion that something unspeakable had definitely happened between Xu Zhiqiu and Naraku.
After the matter with Onigumo was resolved.
Xu Zhiqiu stayed in the room with Naraku. With his heart back inside his body, intimate contact was out of the question; they could only kiss and cuddle. But spending so long cooped up in the room left her bored.
After spending a day at Inuyama Castle, Xu Zhiqiu decided to take the little ones in the castle out for some group bonding.
The moment the idea struck her, Xu Zhiqiu turned her gaze to the man beside her. "Naraku, shall we go out of the castle and have some fun for a few days?"
"Oh? What's